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Ownership in the digital world

  • posted on October 9, 2009October 9, 2009
  • William Barnes
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  • Posted in Computers & Internet, Law
My latest IP Osgoode post is up. In it I discuss the difference between what consumers expect when they buy digital content or a network connected device and reality. This post expands and clarifies
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Annoying Domain Dispute

  • posted on August 2, 2009
  • William Barnes
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  • Posted in Computers & Internet, Law
I really don’t like the outcome of this (old) case: Freddy Adu v. Frank Fushille. The complainant is some kind of soccer player or something. The respondent is a fan. The respondent registered
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The Commons

  • posted on July 17, 2009
  • William Barnes
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  • Posted in Law
I just wanted to add something to my recent post on copyright on 200 year old paintings. The reasoning behind copyright is that giving a time-limited monopoly encourages people to create new things.
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Domain Name Dispute Resolution

  • posted on July 8, 2009
  • William Barnes
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  • Posted in Computers & Internet, Law
My latest IPilogue article What Jay Leno taught me about domain disputes should be up by now. It presented an interesting problem. Topics at IPilogue are assigned by email a few days in advance. We
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Cybercrime

  • posted on May 13, 2009
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  • Posted in Computers & Internet, Law
The word is starting to grow on me. I used to really dislike it. It sounded like something out of a Saturday morning cartoon. Mostly it (along with “cyberspace”) just encourages people to
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The Ordinary Crowd

  • posted on March 14, 2009
  • William Barnes
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  • Posted in Law
As I’m sure you’re aware, in Mustapha v. Culligan of Canada the plaintiff had a mental breakdown after seeing a fly in bottle of water he had purchased from the defendant. The Supreme
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Unilateral & Bilateral Contracts

  • posted on January 29, 2009
  • William Barnes
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  • Posted in Law
I think people enjoy naming things. That’s why we create distinctions even when they don’t seem to serve a practical purpose; it gives us more things to name. Unilateral and bilateral
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Ultra Vires

  • posted on November 27, 2008
  • William Barnes
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  • Posted in School
There has recently been some controversy regarding the Faculty of Law student paper Ultra Vires. The University of Toronto Law Union has taken issue with Ultra Vires’ practice of granting
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